Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Faces of Beth by Carver Pike

2 reviews

chrissypops's review

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.75

Really enjoy this book. Loved the baseline of the story which centres around the relationship of Andrew and his wife Beth. The undercurrent of mental health is a very real aspect of the plot and most people with catch on to the foreshadowing fairly quickly if they pay attention. 
The characters in the book I feel are three dimensional and very well developed. The plot also has a nice supernatural twist and combining with the mental health aspect, made for a well written storyline. Looking forward to reading more from Carver Pike. 
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uchihas's review

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.0

I hated this book when I first started reading it. The main character is insufferable, there was too much sexual content for my liking, the dialogue is terrible, and I figured out both twists incredibly early on. It ended up growing on me though; it might not have been executed in the best way but the story was good, the characters were mostly likable, and there were some genuinely creepy moments that played out really well. Supposedly this is classified as “extreme horror” and I’m not a fan of that genre as a whole, but while it was a bit intense at times it never felt over the top or unnecessarily violent/gory. I think this author has a lot of potential and I’ll definitely give him another shot! 
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